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Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:18 am
by amber_fluid
Spargo wrote:Then there was Aero Drinks on Oaklands Rd at Somerton Pk, late ‘80s/early ‘90’s.


There was one on Port Road also about the same time.
Direct drinks perhaps?

Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:20 am
by mighty_tiger_79
amber_fluid wrote:
Spargo wrote:Then there was Aero Drinks on Oaklands Rd at Somerton Pk, late ‘80s/early ‘90’s.


There was one on Port Road also about the same time.
Direct drinks perhaps?

Yep Direct Drinks.
Drive thru set up and load up the crates

Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:27 am
by The Dark Knight
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
Spargo wrote:Then there was Aero Drinks on Oaklands Rd at Somerton Pk, late ‘80s/early ‘90’s.


There was one on Port Road also about the same time.
Direct drinks perhaps?

Yep Direct Drinks.
Drive thru set up and load up the crates
What year did it close? Late 90s? I remember my parents buying from there and vaguely remember being in the car going through there.

Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:10 am
by Lightning McQueen
Anyone remember the Loys soft drinks? They used to be delivered

Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:43 am
by amber_fluid
Lightning McQueen wrote:Anyone remember the Loys soft drinks? They used to be delivered


The neighbours up the road use to get them delivered.
As kids we may have sampled a few whilst the delivery driver was occupied with the neighbour.

Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:32 am
by Lightning McQueen
amber_fluid wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:Anyone remember the Loys soft drinks? They used to be delivered


The neighbours up the road use to get them delivered.
As kids we may have sampled a few whilst the delivery driver was occupied with the neighbour.

Was the neighbour hot?

Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:16 pm
by amber_fluid
Lightning McQueen wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:Anyone remember the Loys soft drinks? They used to be delivered


The neighbours up the road use to get them delivered.
As kids we may have sampled a few whilst the delivery driver was occupied with the neighbour.

Was the neighbour hot?


Nah but HE was old

Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:29 pm
by mighty_tiger_79
The Dark Knight wrote:
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
Spargo wrote:Then there was Aero Drinks on Oaklands Rd at Somerton Pk, late ‘80s/early ‘90’s.


There was one on Port Road also about the same time.
Direct drinks perhaps?

Yep Direct Drinks.
Drive thru set up and load up the crates
What year did it close? Late 90s? I remember my parents buying from there and vaguely remember being in the car going through there.

Yeah mid 90s is my guess

Re: It's so overrated....

PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:08 pm
by Vamos
More like 2000/2001, remember going there when me and the missus first started living together. The only time I've lived off the Peninsula :D